What is the power of the Court of Appeal to correct clerical errors in its records?
California, United States of America
The following excerpt is from People v. Vasquez, B230114, B240442 (Cal. App. 2012):
power to correct clerical errors in its records so as to make these records reflect the true facts. [Citations.] . . .' . . . Courts may correct clerical errors at any time, and appellate courts (including this one) that have properly assumed jurisdiction of cases have ordered correction of abstracts of judgment that did not accurately reflect the oral judgments of sentencing courts. [Citations.]" (People v. Mitchell (2001) 26 Cal.4th 181, 185.)
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